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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2001
Keith Johnston, Palmerston North, NZ;
Allan Main, Palmerston North, NZ;
Brian Bennett, Taranaki, NZ;
David Hughes, Palmerston North, NZ;
Alastair Bruce, Wellington, NZ;
Keith Johnston, Palmerston North, NZ;
Allan Main, Palmerston North, NZ;
Brian Bennett, Taranaki, NZ;
David Hughes, Palmerston North, NZ;
Alastair Bruce, Wellington, NZ;
New Zealand Dairy Board, Wellington, NZ;
Abstract
A process for making cheese comprising the steps: starting with a mil,m composition that has a milk fat content of more than 0.3%, adding a gum preparation to the milk, adding a starter to the milk to form a cheese milk, coagulating the cheese milk, cutting the coagulum to separate curd and whey, draining whey from the curd, and shaping and cooling the curd. The difference over the prior art is the addition of gum to the milk before the starter is added.